How common is the surname Montalvo?

23,454 people in the United States had the surname Montalvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,164 Americans. It ranked 1,531st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Montalvo?

Laura Montalvo, Argentine female tennis player, followed by Abelardo Montalvo.

Where is the surname Montalvo most common?

Wikidata records people named Montalvo in Argentina, Ecuador and the United States.

Is the surname Montalvo getting more or less common?

More common. 18,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,454 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Montalvo

A Spanish place surname, carried by 23,454 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Montalvo is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Habitational Spanish surname from many places in Spain, ultimately from Latin montem albus "white mountain."

Montalvo is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,454 people named Montalvo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,164 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,085.

#1,531

rank among US surnames

23,454

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

+29.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,522	Poe	23,563	13,103
#1,523	Pritchard	23,549	13,111
#1,524	Masters	23,533	13,120
#1,525	Gunn	23,524	13,125
#1,526	Jeffries	23,510	13,133
#1,527	Dooley	23,481	13,149
#1,528	Pagan	23,474	13,153

Who is named Montalvo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Montalvo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Montalvos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Montalvo
Argentine female tennis player, born 1976
Abelardo Montalvo
Acting President of Ecuador (1933 - 1934)
Victor Montalvo
American breakdancer, born 1994

Notable Montalvos come mostly from Argentina (1), Ecuador (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Montalvo

Montalvo has the Soundex code M534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M534.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Montalvo come from?: Habitational Spanish surname from many places in Spain, ultimately from Latin montem albus "white mountain."
How common is the surname Montalvo?: 23,454 people in the United States had the surname Montalvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,164 Americans. It ranked 1,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Montalvo?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Montalvo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Montalvo?: Laura Montalvo, Argentine female tennis player, followed by Abelardo Montalvo.
Where is the surname Montalvo most common?: Wikidata records people named Montalvo in Argentina, Ecuador and the United States.
What type of surname is Montalvo?: Montalvo is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Montalvo getting more or less common?: More common. 18,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,454 in 2010, up 30%.